Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-14
TIN YkARs A HUSBAND.

Are you going 70 the lecture,
HenryT I said, - saw my husband !,
ono evening. putting on his overcoat
Yes. vas the reply.
y wish you would isks Ess,,' ssld
neaily, Aary, I think homo 10 the
proper place for . MOTHER
"But enc Of ny sisters would look
amer the children. / DO want 70 hear
this great lecturer very much indeed ~,
Tell the truth, have but one
ncnet,. va the reply. ~ be went out
OF the door, "and I don't think I can
anor4 70 buy another"
Ny husband and had boon married
several years. Before the marriage he
had boon unusually attentive, even for
: lover, and II another gentleman spoke
10 me no wss Jealous. When there wAsl
. lecture or concert Any where he al.
ways took me. II was invited to .
. party, he was only too glad TO attend
ne. nat now "pArties are . bore," hs|
says; "he can't think why women wish
20 90 70 them" Then he WAS all afIeo.
tion. Now he scts - II IL would lower
his dignity 10 show his love to mo or
my children, and II s9sr him . kiss
or caress he Ii almost csrtzln TO refuse
me. cannot com plaia thst he neglects
plenty Of money for dFess, lives well,
house. Bat he seens to think that .
wife has no business with anything but
and never needs change
of scepe or other recreation.
whats the use Of woman" he
says, going sboutr Heae 10 tae place
for her."
II may be go but after . hard days
work often felt as II . walk In the
fresh CIR, or . visit to . neie hbor's would
be . real blessing. / said TO him the
other evening when he was going ont
again
won't You stay At home, Harry, 70
obllge me? Jsst this once. ] am 20
lonely"
"Lonely" vas his answer. "How
can you be lonely with the children"
"But they arc abed. And reoollect,
zee nobody day In and day ont. Cant
you do ito please me-for this once?"
could hardly speak; It WAS ~ much
~ i could do TO keep the tears from
coming; his conduct seemed 40 cruel.
'Ths fact is,' be replied, "I'n dead
beat with working all day, and must
20 out TO ges brighteued mp little. You
women mover N AXE allowances for q
man" Aud he went out quite GROSSLY.
Never make allowanctsl II the hus
band In worried with business, and
do not not doubt it, 10 not o wifo vor.
ried with hoasekcepinRf Are servants
and children and sicknesa no trouble?
Aud 10 . woman differently constltu tuted
from . man, 80 that the reaction which
one considers Indispensable for himself
Is OF no service to the other?
How your complexion has gsne,"
said my husband 70 me the other day.
ut seems TO me that In this climate q
| woman 10 old at thirty"
| Again the tears came into my eyes.
Harry did not mean 10 DO unkind; he
Was only thoughtless. But why had
lost my complexion? O. n . woman live
forever In rooms heated by hot air,
never going out excspt on some errAnd,
and then hurry ing home as soon as the
errand 10 done, without losing her com
plexiot? Is 1t the climate or her mode
Of lie that makes her old before her
timeP II was on my tongue to say
these things, bat / RETAINED. l have
Learned that "silencs is golden"
"How | wish l had something to
read" l said yesterday. II think II l
had . new book now and then, the
ievenings when you are cat, Harry,
would not be 30 long"
"Bo0kB cost too much money in times
like these" Ane wered my husband. al
shoald think your sewing would am use
you enough. To get bread from hi
family and lay by little for q rainy
day is as much IS prudent man car
lCo nowadays."
Az he rpoke he lit his cigar and wen
lout
VIII mea ever understand women
VIII they ever nee their own selnehnes
In Its true light7 These thoughts ross
TO my mind as re Effected with = sigl
that 1.-THE OF the money which Harry
spent on cigars would buy me all tn,
new books have the time 70 read.
Yet Harry does not mean to be un
kind. He sAw his mother treated ss b,
treats me, aud he thinks have no righ
10 complain. Perhaps have not But
ohl how much happier I would bs 4
things were Different
/! Arc women only machines 70 Sc "
darn, sweep. dust, bake bresd, taxi
care OF children and keep house? Havi
they no need OF recreation? No highe
mature that is starved BY life llk
mine?
and nae. But his love now is. or seem
W be, . very different thing from wha
1t seemed before marriage. Is my fat
the fate Of sill? Is every wifo like M
whom ION years married.